EDINBURGH Pakistani batsmen are infamous for collapsing frequently but they cannot expect their bowlers to save the day. But against Scotland the story could be different with Pakistan winning the opening match would be hunting for their second straight win to sweep the series here at the Grange ...

LAHORE Pakistan Muslim League-Zia chief Ijazul Haq on Wednesday accused his rival election candidate from PML-N of massive rigging, but announced unconditional support to PML-N in the Centre and Punjab in the ‘larger interest’ of the country. Asked at a news conference whether he would ...

Islamabad  - US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson, while reaffirming the United States government’s long-term support to farming communities in Pakistan, on Wednesday said that US is keen to promote agriculture in Pakistan.He said this while addressing a gathering of government ...

SADIQABAD Dozens of local dignitaries including a number of former nazims and naib nazims have announced to support PML-N candidate for PA-296 Muhammad Shafiq in Sadiqabad in the May 11 general elections, claimed PML-N spokesman Abdul Saboor.  He said that with the support of the local ...

KARACHI  - Putting its weight in support of Jamaat-e-Islami’s candidate Naimatullah Khan, PML-F’s candidate Kamran Tessori has announced withdrawing from election on NA-250 Defence/Clifton seat of national assembly of Karachi.The NA-250 constituency comprised of posh areas of ...

lahore - The Senior Vice President Lahore PML-N Trade Wing and Director Gohar Publishers Abuzar Ghaffari has said that after getting comprehensive support from general voters, traders and entrepreneurs of constituency NA-119, chances of Hamza Shahbaz Sharifs win in coming election is inevitable. He ...

ISLAMABADAsian Squash Federation (ASF) president David Mui assured his all-out support to the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) in bringing more events to Pakistan and described Pakistan as completely safe country for holding all kinds of sporting activities. David also promised to write to ...

lahore - The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz is no longer the most favourite party for business community, as traders, once regarded as natural allies of the PML-N, are now divided over support for political parties.Most of the traders’ bodies adopted the stance of not interfering in politics ...

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz [PML-N] Chief Nawaz Sharif says youth is with his party and if returned to power they will together reconstruct Pakistan.Addressing a public meeting in Kot Addu on Friday evening‚ he said unemployed youth will be provided soft loans so that they can start their ...

WASHINGTON  - The United States does not support any Pakistani political party or a candidate contesting the May 11 elections, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday, while denouncing the ongoing violence as the electoral race heats up.Patrick Ventrell, a State Department spokesman, ...

KARACHI  - President Asif Ali Zardari reiterated Pakistan’s support for all efforts to facilitate a peaceful Syrian-led and inclusive solution meeting the democratic aspirations of the Syrian people. The president said this while talking to Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal ...

MURREE - PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Sunday claimed that Pakistani youth were standing by his party which would bring real revolution in the country.Addressing a public meeting at Mall Road in Muree, Nawaz said the PPP was running election campaign on media because its leaders cannot face the ...

Chief of his own faction of Pakistan Muslim League, Nawaz Sharif on Sunday said that the youth of Pakistan was standing by his party which would bring real revolution in the country.Addressing a public meeting at Mall Road in Muree, Nawaz said when he criticizes President Zardari for his wrong ...

PML-N President Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday called for the implementation of the Supreme Court’s order for giving voting rights to overseas Pakistanis.“Overseas Pakistanis, who send billions of dollars in remittances each year, are our major asset,” the former PM told a delegation ...

PESHAWAR  - Contrary to the decision of his party’ chief Maulana Muhammad Tayyab, Jamiat Ishaat Tawheed-wa- Sunnah (JITS) Central Naib Amir Maulana Ashraf Ali announced to support JUI-F in the forthcoming general elections. Addressing a joint press conference with JUI-F Provincial Amir ...

SADIQABAD -  The Christian community here has announced to support the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf candidate for NA-197 seat, because of the efforts made by Syed Mir Fazal Elahi Fazli, a local politician. “Rafiq Haider Leghari (the candidate) is a person of good character. He has not been ...

RAWALPINDI  - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Maryam Nawaz on Saturday said that youth of the country is with PML-N instead of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI) and her party will clean sweep the upcoming elections with the votes of youth.Mayram said that while addressing a big gathering of ...

RAWALPINDIThe residents of Dhamial, a thickly populated area of National Assembly constituency NA-52, are fed up with drugs and crimes in their area and are stood up against the drug peddlers with requesting Rawalpindi police to conduct raids at the drug dens to purge the locality from narcotics. ...

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has strongly condemned the heinous act of terrorism in the city of Boston‚ Massachusetts, USA, during the Boston Marathon and has expressed profound grief and sorrow over the deaths and injuries in the terrorist attack.In a letter to President of the ...

bahawalpurPML-N disappointed the people of Bahawalpur with the decision of withdrawing its ticket from Aqeel Najam Hashmi. The Pakistan Muslim League-N had issued the party ticket to his worker for the seat of PP-271.The PML-N decided to support Jamaat-e-Islami Punjab Ameer Dr Syed Wasim Akhter at ...

mandi bahauddin A local leader of the All Pakistan Muslim League held a meeting with ex-servicemen of the area and sough their support for his party in the upcoming general elections.Akram Gakhar Advocate said that his party had fielded four candidates for two the National Assembly and two for ...

LAHORE - North Zone (NZ) will support the sitting president of the Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA) Khawaja Nadeem Ahmed in the upcoming elections of the body to acknowledge his efforts for the revival of cricket in Lahore. “Nadeem’s services for the cause of cricket at early ...

LAHORE - Altogether 45 clubs of the West Zone (WZ) have assured their full support to Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA) president Khawaja Nadeem Ahmed in the elections of the body in coming months. Out of 52 clubs, 45 announced their unconditional support to the sitting LCCA chief at a ...

LAHORE - Influential Wilayat Butt family head Amjad Iqbal Butt and other community chiefs of Mangowal town of Gujrat have dissociated themselves from Ahmad Mukhtar and PML-N leaderships and announced their full support to PML-Q leader Ch Pervaiz Elahi and Moonis Elahi at a big gathering in Mangowal ...

QUETTA - The leader of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) Mehmood Khan Achakzai has called for an end to the military and agencies interference in politics, stating that Pakistan is passing through the worst period of its history.Talking to media after meeting with PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif on ...

LAKKI MARWAT - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Amir Maulana Fazalur Rehman has said that his party do not believe in using money in the elections to purchase loyalties of voters rather people support us for our clear agenda to enforce Sharia in the country.This he said while launching his ...

DOHA (AFP) - Representatives of donor countries and aid groups began meeting on Sunday to endorse a strategy to rebuild Sudan's Darfur region, where a decade-long conflict shocked the world with atrocities against civilians."Peace time has begun in Darfur. A peace that will be protected by ...

KARACHI - Pasban has urged all political parties to withdraw their candidates from NA-250 Karachi to support Dr Fauzia Siddiqui, the sister of Pakistani mother Dr Aafia Siddiqui, presently languishing in a US prison. Pasban Pakistan president Altaf Shakoor said the Pakistani woman scientist Dr ...

DOHA  - Representatives of donor countries and aid groups met on Sunday to endorse a strategy to rebuild Sudan’s Darfur region, where a decade-long conflict shocked the world with atrocities against civilians. “Peace time has begun in Darfur. A peace that will be protected by ...

KARACHI – Laying stress on importance of timely elections, Pakistan Muslim League-Functional chief Pir Pagara stated on Saturday an extension to the caretaker dispensation might lead the country to instability and a constitutional war. Pagara’s concern came during a news conference ...